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Cradle of Filth Announce Headlining Gigs While on Ozzfest By Sefany Jones, Contributing Editor Tuesday, June 3, 2003 @ 2:02 PM
*They nearly caused the cancellation of the Milwaukee Metalfest, because the governor of Wisconsin tried to ban them from "bringing the Devil's music to the state." *They have been banned by numerous US radio stations for their 'obscene lyrical content.' *New Jersey was actually concerned about bringing Ozzfest to the state based on Cradle of Filth's 'suitability issues' alone! *Their video for "Babalon AD (So Glad For The Madness)" from Damnation and a Day was quickly banned by MTV for its 'suggestive themes.' The video can be sampled here: http://www.cradleoffilth.com/video.php. *The band is most infamous for their 'unique' & 'colorful' t-shirt slogans, like "Dead Girls Don't Say No," "Desire Me Like Satan" and the most outlandish of them all, "Jesus Is A C***." It was this last shirt that caused the arrest of 3 people (including the band's own drummer), the Provost of Glasgow instigated a police raid to have the shirts removed from Tower Records stores, and the Catholic League of America has even contacted the band's management demanding the shirts be taken out of production. Needless to say, the band will be bringing the shirts on the road with them, as well as a couple new designs. On the flipside of controversy, the band has reaped remarkable success, as they were the first 'black metal' band to sign with a major label (Sony Music worldwide), and they were the first 'black metal' band to have a full-length video land in the Billboard video charts (debuting at #12, and remaining for 7 weeks). Cradle of Filth's well-versed and highly articulated lyrics were featured in the London Dome as part of a British language special, the band had a BBC Television program made about them, and they have sold over a million albums worldwide. Red Ink/Epic, realizing the band's shocking visual potential (Filth's unique stage show frequently includes stilt-walkers & fire-breathers), commissioned a new conceptual video for Damnation and a Day, this time for the sinister, romantic track "Mannequin", which will be helmed by celebrated video director Thomas Mignone (Mudvayne, Slipknot, Type O Negative, Sepultura, Kittie, etc.) begins shooting on June 11th. Combining 'live' performance footage with macabre Tim Burton-esque, stop-motion puppeteer work courtesy of George Higham (www.poepuppet.com), "Mannequin" will display the grandiose imagery singular to Cradle of Filth's style. In a world where corporate pressures have caused the taming of onetime controversial madmen like Ozzy Osbourne and Marilyn Manson, Cradle of Filth exists to ensure that humanity does not remain protected in music entertainment complacency. Headline performances include: 06/23/03 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues 06/24/03 Houston, TX Engine Room 06/25/03 McAllen, TX Villa Real 07/01/03 El Paso, TX Club 101 Outdoors 07/06/03 Las Vegas, NV Huntridge Theater 07/10/03 Portland, OR Roseland Theater 07/11/03 Vancouver, BC, Can. Commodore Ballroom 07/14/03 Denver, CO Ogden Theater 07/18/03 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club 07/23/03 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's 07/27/03 Tulsa, OK The Other Side 07/29/03 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection 08/04/03 Guelph, ON, Can. Club Denim 08/08/03 Plainview, NY The Vanderbilt 08/12/03 Toronto, ON, Can. The Guvernment 08/16/03 Montreal, QC, Can. Metropolis 08/20/03 Norfolk, VA NorVa 08/23/03 Wilmington, NC Marzz 08/27/03 Tampa, FL Masquerade OZZFEST Dates: 06/28/03 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 06/29/03 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center 07/02/03 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion 07/03/03 Chula Vista, CA Coors Amphitheatre 07/05/03 Devore, CA Blockbuster Pavilion 07/08/03 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre 07/09/03 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre 07/12/03 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre 07/15/03 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion 07/17/03 St. Louis, MO UMB Bank Pavilion 07/19/03 Minneapolis, MN Float-Rite Park 07/20/03 Chicago, IL Tweeter Center 07/22/03 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Centre 07/24/03 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre 07/25/03 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre 07/30/03 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion 07/31/03 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 08/02/03 Milwaukee, WI Alpine Valley 08/03/03 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre 08/05/03 Scranton, PA Montage Mountain 08/07/03 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter Center 08/09/03 Hartford, CT ctnow.com Meadows Music Theatre 08/11/03 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes PAC 08/14/03 Boston, MA Tweeter Center 08/15/03 Boston, MA Tweeter Center 08/18/03 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 08/19/03 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 08/22/03 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion 08/24/03 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 08/26/03 Atlanta, GA Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre 08/28/03 W. Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre www.cradleoffilth.com www.redmusic.com/redink
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